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Liakat Ali Badal is the Rangpur divisional correspondent of Ekushey Television and works as a staff reporter of the Daily Sangbad and Bangla Tribune. He said that the attack was carried out due to a report, titled \u201cAuto-rickshaw licenses in the name of July fighters in Rangpur, Tk5 crore business scam,\u201d published in the Daily Sangbad on September 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A group of 15-20 people led by a person named Enayet Ali Rocky, a resident of the Jahaj Company area of \u200b\u200bthe city, picked him up from the Kachari Bazar intersection and took him to the city corporation office. There, his mobile phone was taken away and he was beaten up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The journalist said that Rangpur Divisional Commissioner and City Corporation Administrator Shahidul Islam and Chief Executive Officer Umme Fatima instigated the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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